caement

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A form of cement — A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.

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Meanings

nouncaement (countable and uncountable, plural caements)

plural caements

  1. archaiccountableuncountableArchaic spelling of cement.

    We meet with a kind of caement ſometimes kept in the ſhops under the name of maſtich.

    1764, “mastich”, in A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, volume 3, page 2035
verbcaement (third-person singular simple present caements, present participle caementing, simple past and past participle caemented)

present singular third person caements · participle present caementing · participle past caemented · past caemented

  1. archaicArchaic spelling of cement.

    Religion is (rerum-publicarum quoddam quaſi coagulum) that which caements Common-wealths together[.]

    1640–1653, Robin Jeffs (editor), Fast Sermons to Parliament: V. 1–34. 1640/41–1650/53, volume 21, page 175 (1971 publication; Cornmarket Press; →ISBN, 9780719130205)
Cite this entry
APA

caement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caement

MLA

“caement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caement. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caement,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caement.

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